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With quoted 40,000 deaths, I think Syrian civil war needs a mention - especially the milestones of the conflict. The only mention right now is indirect over a diplomatic issue between Canada and Iran. -- A Certain White Cat chi? 12:30, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
Do we really need rolling updates throughout New Year's Eve and New Year's Day? AlexTiefling ( talk) 12:30, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
Even though he was one article short before his death, I still think he deserves a spot in this page as he did a lot for Mexican football Eagle2012a ( talk) 14:43, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
Seeking consensus to Include - although he was one short of required 9 non-Eng at death I have nominated him here for exclusion from WP:RY thru concensus which I believe he will achieve - typically, the biggest problem with getting consensus is that the name was unknown before death. Mr. Carey was a well known actor appearing in many John Ford films with John Wayne - he was easily recognized-- S-d n r ( talk) 15:20, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
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[[December 14] " Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting" Adam Lanza fatally shoots 20 students and 6 staff members. The massacre was the second-deadliest school shooting in United States history 99.238.139.208 ( talk) 22:41, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
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21st December 2012 - Mayan apocalypse proved untrue, Gangnam Style becomes first video to reach 1 billion views on YouTube. Indieposer ( talk) 10:40, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
I too disagree with removing all mentions of the Mayan calendar "deadline". The mass hysteria that developed in some circles, at least in the western world, was similar to the Y2K one in terms of notability. — Yerpo Eh? 11:39, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm just curious about something (and no, I'm going to say in advance, I'm not looking to start an argument): Why do we have to update exactly what areas of the world are in 2013 in comparison to those who are in 2012 still? I understand that Wikipedia aims to be accurate, but isn't that a bit too accurate, I mean, I don't think that anyone is really looking to read the article to see where the year is current and where it's not. I would have figured stating whether or not the year is in the past, present, or future would have been good enough. Again, I know this is a bit of a senseless comment, I just wanted to know why we do that. Thanks. JPECH 95 08:31, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
You can now unblock the page since 2012 is now over-- 24.13.169.19 ( talk) 20:12, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
Opening sentence of this article reads: "2012 (MMXII) was a leap year that started on a Sunday".
Uncertain why people commonly mistake this but just because something's over doesn't necessarily make it stop being what it is. 2012 "is" still a leap year and just because it's over doesn't mean it's no longer years. Just because 1995 is over doesn't mean it's no longer a year. It's as if the name of 1995 changes because its over when you put "was." 1995 no longer is year, but now something else? /: \ Because a television show ended doesn't make it stop being a television show. This is why having "was" in the opening is grammatically incorrect. 173.0.254.226 ( talk) 00:46, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
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Please add the following entry: January 17 - Johnny Otis (Ioannis Alexandros Veliotes), Greek-American "Godfather of Rhythm and Blues" ...and link to the existing Wikipedia page on Otis ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Otis) 79.131.118.111 ( talk) 17:50, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi folks, I understand the guidelines for death notability generally state a minimum of so many languages are needed to determine notability. But I think this may not be exactly a fair judge of actual notability. Because this singer was Latin American the majority of people deeply familiar with her would be speaking Spanish with spans multiple countries throughout the Americas and establishes added international significance to her. Also she was known in the English speaking hemisphere as well and because of the prominence of these two languages she is more known than it may first appear. -- Kuzwa ( talk) 03:35, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
What about Sherman Hemsley? He was well liked as a actor by many. 76.5.74.9 ( talk) 15:27, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
Margaret Whitlam (Australian published author, social worker, former champion swimmer and wife of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, born 1919), died 17 March 2012 but is not on the list of deaths. She is on the list of deaths on the 17 March page. Should she not be on the 2012 page also? — Preceding unsigned comment added by C.cats2004 ( talk • contribs) 23:31, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
But she does meet the requirements for the 17 March page? Is that not inconsistent, or is there a different standard for dates and years? — Preceding unsigned comment added by C.cats2004 ( talk • contribs) 01:01, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
About this reverted edit (yeah, I only just noticed that it has been reverted). The reason the man doesn't have his own article is because most of his books were written in collaboration with his brother, who died in 1991. It doesn't mean he is not notable enough: he has individual articles in nine languages, just not in English (refer to the interwiki column in his Russian article), which is exactly one short of the minimum requirement in WP:RY#Deaths, but maybe the 28 languages in which Arkady and Boris Strugatsky is available can make up for that? -- Koveras ☭ 10:53, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
I don't think we will get any more votes... -- Koveras ☭ 08:44, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
Given the number of articles for the brothers I think he should be included. It is unfortunate that the brothers do not have separate entries, although I suppose there would be too much duplication, otherwise no discussion would be needed. DerbyCountyinNZ ( Talk Contribs) 07:20, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
More than 10 articles in different languages, so is it okay to add for deaths? Red Hat On Head ( talk) 20:56, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
INCLUDE - i cannot find any previous talk on this in archives-- S-d n r ( talk) 20:41, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
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Even though nothing happened do you want the future generations not to remember this data?.Then why not delete y2k info?. The mayan 21 dec date was a world news event.media was constantly harping the issue just like y2k event.
Why is there no mention? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.148.100.210 ( talk) 02:01, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Don't be so ignorant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.148.100.210 ( talk) 23:15, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Search Kim Kardashian and then search Iran on google, you'll see what the world cares more about then... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.148.100.210 ( talk) 04:02, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
Yellow!? Is that a dig at asians? That's racist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.148.100.210 ( talk) 09:27, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
Ignore him or her obviously he/she is a troll, sent from the depths of 4chan to attack wikipedia Plzwork1122 20:02, 22 April 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.251.67.155 ( talk)
I think a different occupation needs to be used for Rodney King. By labeling him a civil rights figure that is an insult to someone else named King. I think- "Troubled substance abuser who, during one of his many arrests, started a chain of events that eventually led to rioting" would be more accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kyle kursk ( talk • contribs) 00:33, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting of December 2012 is in my opinion significant enough to be in the timeline. It's a pivotal point in U.S. history, since it sparked the gun rights debate. Thoughts?
Mapmaker10 ( talk) 02:53, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
This page is a year. So um... You should probably put it as something like "the universe" or "N/A" under "Place", as it doesn't occur in a specific place, let alone only a few dozen countries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.93.114.62 ( talk) 04:42, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
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Year 2013 (MMXIII) is the current year, and is a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 13th year of the 3rd millennium , 13th year of the 21st century, and 4th year of the 2010s decade.
Given the year, it inserts the correct Roman Numerals for that year (that was also my idea to add to years) gets whether it's a common, leap or exceptional year, the day the year starts, what year it is of AD, the year of which millenium (take a look at 2000, it "knows" it's still in the 2nd), the year of which century, and the year of the decade. It also prints when it's the 10th and last year of a decade (on year 9), the 100th and last year of a century (on 100), the last year of a millenium (on 000), and it's temporally correct, which is a nice hack.
What do I mean by temporally correct? For 2012 and earlier, it will say Year 2012 (MMXII) was a as the beginning of the paragraph. It starts this year with Year 2013 (MMXIII) is the current year, and is, and it starts 2014 and 2015 with Year 2014 (MMXIV) will be a and Year 2015 (MMXV) will be a respectively. But guess what it will do on January 1? It will, automatically on its own initiative change the wording to Year 2013 (MMXIII) was a, changes 2014 to read Year 2014 (MMXIV) is the current year, and is a while 2015 still reads Year 2015 (MMXV) will be a and without editing! All using the Wikimedia software. I think it's a slick feature to improve the encyclopedia since it makes it automatically current and relevant. I welcome any comments or suggestions, the next one I want to do is get the Dominical Letter (A, B, C etc.) inserted, I don't have that yet, I got the "and last" function for decade, century and millenium working just the other day, so I figured it was time to release it, and I'm very pleased that it works perfectly! Paul Robinson (Rfc1394) ( talk) 13:42, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
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Add riiiiight here: === August === * [[August 6]] – ''[[Curiosity rover|Curiosity]]'', the [[Mars Science Laboratory]] mission's [[Mars rover|rover]], successfully lands on [[Mars]].<ref name=MarsScienceLaboratory>{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/13501-nasa-mars-rover-curiosity-atlas5-rocket.html |title=NASA's Next Mars Rover Hoisted Atop Rocket |publisher=Space.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-04}}</ref> * [[August 8]] The map of the [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey]] is completed, creating the largest 3D map of the universe. * [[August 31]] **Researchers successfully perform the first implantation of an early prototype [[bionic eye]] with 24 [[electrodes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120831065003.htm |title=First implantation of prototype bionic eye with 24 electrodes: 'All of a sudden I could see a little flash of light' |publisher=Sciencedaily.com |date=2012-08-31 |accessdate=2012-11-29}}</ref> **[[Armenia]] [[Armenia – Hungary relations|severs diplomatic relations]] with [[Hungary]], following the extradition to [[Azerbaijan]] and subsequent pardoning of [[Ramil Safarov]], who was convicted of killing an Armenian soldier in Hungary in 2004. The move is also met with fierce criticism from other countries.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gorondi |first=Pablo |url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Azerbaijani+military+officer+serving+life+murder+Hungary+freed+when/7173300/story.html |title=Azerbaijani military officer serving life for murder in Hungary is freed when sent home |publisher=Montrealgazette.com |date=2012-08-31 |accessdate=2012-11-29}}</ref> 179.210.86.1 ( talk) 15:09, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
The extremely violent gang rape/murder of a medical student in New Delhi, India was a seminal event in 2012. This event and the coverage it received surely will do more to shake the idea that women should not be educated than any other in history. It was reported globally and the outcome, death by hanging for all the adult perpetrators was a victory for women's rights in India. It certainly was reported/read/commented on in Muslim countries of which there are very many. Unlike many events that happen but leave no trace, this event has certainly left a trace.
Was this just another murder/death, forgettable because they are so common? No, it was singularly notable for the brutality and circumstances, for its ability to cut through prejudice. If Rosa Parks' refusing to give up her seat on a bus is worthy of inclusion, the Delhi gang rape is because it has wider significance. This event was notable, should be remembered, and should be included among the notable events of 2012.
I can't edit the page myself but something like this will do:
A suitable newspaper article to cite is this one: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/11/world/asia/four-men-convicted-in-rape-case-that-transfixed-india.html. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.150.40.169 ( talk) 00:45, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Does the completion of the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world by Erden Eruç on 21 July 2012 meet the guidelines for inclusion in this article? Maybe he should be listed in the '2012 in sports' article instead?
His circumnavigation was reported in America, Australia, Europe (though he did not cross it), and probably Africa as he crossed that continent along the way. He set several ocean rowing world records including most continuous days at sea by a solo ocean rower (312), most experienced living ocean rower (876 days), longest distance rowed (nearly 29,000 nautical miles), first to row the Indian Ocean non-stop, and the first to row across 3 oceans, along with the first solo human-powered circumnavigation ( Jason Lewis completed the first individual human-powered circumnavigation as part of a changing team between 1994 and 2007).
Eruç is arguably the most successful and famous ocean rower to date; however, ocean rowing is certainly not a very popular sport for the masses and it may not even be known as a sport to most people.
In comparison to the example of Roger Bannister's record - see /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:RY#Sports_and_other_contests - it seems that Eruç's records are physically more impressive, more unique, difficult to break and not nearly as likely to be broken by so many people in as quick a time as was Bannister's (only 46 days later and officially lowered 18 times by 13 people over the last 60 years), nor will many people be able to afford the money, time and effort required to break Eruç's records, though there are probably a few people trying to do so right now. Still, he will always have the 'first' designations stated above.
Thanks for any response, be it a thumbs up or down. Brian W. Schaller ( talk) 05:52, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
The Britannica yearbook for 2012 is a reference source devoted to the subject of the year 2012, hence worthy of inclusion in this article. Please restore the twice-deleted link. Thanks. -- M2545 ( talk) 18:15, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
2012 has already come and gone. It's 2015 now, and this page is still protected. The end of the world hype that surrounded 2012 is gone now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Archanine ( talk • contribs) 17:36, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
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On october add "23 October The BBC's teletext service Ceefax ends after 38 years of transmission, due to the digital switchover in the UK. Gibboboy777 ( talk) 21:37, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
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I would like to include Robert B. Sherman on the "Deaths" list in "2012" and I was told by one of the editors that in order to do this I would have to gain consensus here, so that is what I'm endeavoring to do. Robert B. Sherman was the subject of two major film releases in recent years, both released by a major motion picture company ( Disney). One film was a 2009 documentary about him entitled The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story. The other was a 2013 major film release Saving Mr. Banks about the making of the 1964 movie, Mary Poppins (for which Robert B. Sherman won two Academy Awards). In Saving Mr. Banks, Robert Sherman was portrayed by the award winning actor: B. J. Novak. Along with his brother, Richard, Robert has written more film musical scores than any other songwriter. Two of his films, Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book were the biggest grossing films of their respective years, 1964 and 1967, respectively. According to Time.com, Sherman's song, " It's A Small World (After All)" was recognized as the "most performed song of all time". [1]. In 2008 he (along with his brother) became only the second musical theatre songwriters ever honored by the President of the United States with a National Medal of Arts award. His list of credits is also extremely well known having written the songs for Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and the list goes on. Thank you for considering this. Howard352 ( talk) 07:15, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
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Previous discussion (in Archive 4, referred to in Archive 5) was against inclusion. Consensus can change, and, there being no guidelines now, it might come down to a vote, in spite of WP:NOTVOTE, but it should not be included without discussion. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 21:35, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
See WT:YEARS#Eclipses for a matter relevant to this page. Arthur Rubin (alternate) ( talk) 23:09, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
It's impotant to add in Calendar section — Maya date (13.0.0.0.0)! Шао 666 ( talk) 08:46, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
My addition of Kony 2012 to the list has been removed by User:MrMimikyu1998 and User:Matt Campbell ( history) with no edit comment. Upon asking here, he claims having removed it due to being too little relevant.
Because I think otherwise, regarding it is the most viral documentary film until its time, making it a hallmark of 2012 in internet history, I am asking other people here what they think.
Regards, -- 84.147.35.234 ( talk) 14:46, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
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With quoted 40,000 deaths, I think Syrian civil war needs a mention - especially the milestones of the conflict. The only mention right now is indirect over a diplomatic issue between Canada and Iran. -- A Certain White Cat chi? 12:30, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
Do we really need rolling updates throughout New Year's Eve and New Year's Day? AlexTiefling ( talk) 12:30, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
Even though he was one article short before his death, I still think he deserves a spot in this page as he did a lot for Mexican football Eagle2012a ( talk) 14:43, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
Seeking consensus to Include - although he was one short of required 9 non-Eng at death I have nominated him here for exclusion from WP:RY thru concensus which I believe he will achieve - typically, the biggest problem with getting consensus is that the name was unknown before death. Mr. Carey was a well known actor appearing in many John Ford films with John Wayne - he was easily recognized-- S-d n r ( talk) 15:20, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
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[[December 14] " Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting" Adam Lanza fatally shoots 20 students and 6 staff members. The massacre was the second-deadliest school shooting in United States history 99.238.139.208 ( talk) 22:41, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
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21st December 2012 - Mayan apocalypse proved untrue, Gangnam Style becomes first video to reach 1 billion views on YouTube. Indieposer ( talk) 10:40, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
I too disagree with removing all mentions of the Mayan calendar "deadline". The mass hysteria that developed in some circles, at least in the western world, was similar to the Y2K one in terms of notability. — Yerpo Eh? 11:39, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm just curious about something (and no, I'm going to say in advance, I'm not looking to start an argument): Why do we have to update exactly what areas of the world are in 2013 in comparison to those who are in 2012 still? I understand that Wikipedia aims to be accurate, but isn't that a bit too accurate, I mean, I don't think that anyone is really looking to read the article to see where the year is current and where it's not. I would have figured stating whether or not the year is in the past, present, or future would have been good enough. Again, I know this is a bit of a senseless comment, I just wanted to know why we do that. Thanks. JPECH 95 08:31, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
You can now unblock the page since 2012 is now over-- 24.13.169.19 ( talk) 20:12, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
Opening sentence of this article reads: "2012 (MMXII) was a leap year that started on a Sunday".
Uncertain why people commonly mistake this but just because something's over doesn't necessarily make it stop being what it is. 2012 "is" still a leap year and just because it's over doesn't mean it's no longer years. Just because 1995 is over doesn't mean it's no longer a year. It's as if the name of 1995 changes because its over when you put "was." 1995 no longer is year, but now something else? /: \ Because a television show ended doesn't make it stop being a television show. This is why having "was" in the opening is grammatically incorrect. 173.0.254.226 ( talk) 00:46, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
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Please add the following entry: January 17 - Johnny Otis (Ioannis Alexandros Veliotes), Greek-American "Godfather of Rhythm and Blues" ...and link to the existing Wikipedia page on Otis ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Otis) 79.131.118.111 ( talk) 17:50, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi folks, I understand the guidelines for death notability generally state a minimum of so many languages are needed to determine notability. But I think this may not be exactly a fair judge of actual notability. Because this singer was Latin American the majority of people deeply familiar with her would be speaking Spanish with spans multiple countries throughout the Americas and establishes added international significance to her. Also she was known in the English speaking hemisphere as well and because of the prominence of these two languages she is more known than it may first appear. -- Kuzwa ( talk) 03:35, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
What about Sherman Hemsley? He was well liked as a actor by many. 76.5.74.9 ( talk) 15:27, 16 December 2012 (UTC)
Margaret Whitlam (Australian published author, social worker, former champion swimmer and wife of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, born 1919), died 17 March 2012 but is not on the list of deaths. She is on the list of deaths on the 17 March page. Should she not be on the 2012 page also? — Preceding unsigned comment added by C.cats2004 ( talk • contribs) 23:31, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
But she does meet the requirements for the 17 March page? Is that not inconsistent, or is there a different standard for dates and years? — Preceding unsigned comment added by C.cats2004 ( talk • contribs) 01:01, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
About this reverted edit (yeah, I only just noticed that it has been reverted). The reason the man doesn't have his own article is because most of his books were written in collaboration with his brother, who died in 1991. It doesn't mean he is not notable enough: he has individual articles in nine languages, just not in English (refer to the interwiki column in his Russian article), which is exactly one short of the minimum requirement in WP:RY#Deaths, but maybe the 28 languages in which Arkady and Boris Strugatsky is available can make up for that? -- Koveras ☭ 10:53, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
I don't think we will get any more votes... -- Koveras ☭ 08:44, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
Given the number of articles for the brothers I think he should be included. It is unfortunate that the brothers do not have separate entries, although I suppose there would be too much duplication, otherwise no discussion would be needed. DerbyCountyinNZ ( Talk Contribs) 07:20, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
More than 10 articles in different languages, so is it okay to add for deaths? Red Hat On Head ( talk) 20:56, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
INCLUDE - i cannot find any previous talk on this in archives-- S-d n r ( talk) 20:41, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
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Even though nothing happened do you want the future generations not to remember this data?.Then why not delete y2k info?. The mayan 21 dec date was a world news event.media was constantly harping the issue just like y2k event.
Why is there no mention? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.148.100.210 ( talk) 02:01, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Don't be so ignorant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.148.100.210 ( talk) 23:15, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
Search Kim Kardashian and then search Iran on google, you'll see what the world cares more about then... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.148.100.210 ( talk) 04:02, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
Yellow!? Is that a dig at asians? That's racist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.148.100.210 ( talk) 09:27, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
Ignore him or her obviously he/she is a troll, sent from the depths of 4chan to attack wikipedia Plzwork1122 20:02, 22 April 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.251.67.155 ( talk)
I think a different occupation needs to be used for Rodney King. By labeling him a civil rights figure that is an insult to someone else named King. I think- "Troubled substance abuser who, during one of his many arrests, started a chain of events that eventually led to rioting" would be more accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kyle kursk ( talk • contribs) 00:33, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting of December 2012 is in my opinion significant enough to be in the timeline. It's a pivotal point in U.S. history, since it sparked the gun rights debate. Thoughts?
Mapmaker10 ( talk) 02:53, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
This page is a year. So um... You should probably put it as something like "the universe" or "N/A" under "Place", as it doesn't occur in a specific place, let alone only a few dozen countries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.93.114.62 ( talk) 04:42, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
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I have created a template for the first paragraph. I think is is a neat feature, and I hope you like it. It currently works for any year 1930 or later (I have a problem with the Julian conversions, so I'm not planning on using it for those years yet.) The template creates a text similar to the following:
Year 2013 (MMXIII) is the current year, and is a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2013th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 13th year of the 3rd millennium , 13th year of the 21st century, and 4th year of the 2010s decade.
Given the year, it inserts the correct Roman Numerals for that year (that was also my idea to add to years) gets whether it's a common, leap or exceptional year, the day the year starts, what year it is of AD, the year of which millenium (take a look at 2000, it "knows" it's still in the 2nd), the year of which century, and the year of the decade. It also prints when it's the 10th and last year of a decade (on year 9), the 100th and last year of a century (on 100), the last year of a millenium (on 000), and it's temporally correct, which is a nice hack.
What do I mean by temporally correct? For 2012 and earlier, it will say Year 2012 (MMXII) was a as the beginning of the paragraph. It starts this year with Year 2013 (MMXIII) is the current year, and is, and it starts 2014 and 2015 with Year 2014 (MMXIV) will be a and Year 2015 (MMXV) will be a respectively. But guess what it will do on January 1? It will, automatically on its own initiative change the wording to Year 2013 (MMXIII) was a, changes 2014 to read Year 2014 (MMXIV) is the current year, and is a while 2015 still reads Year 2015 (MMXV) will be a and without editing! All using the Wikimedia software. I think it's a slick feature to improve the encyclopedia since it makes it automatically current and relevant. I welcome any comments or suggestions, the next one I want to do is get the Dominical Letter (A, B, C etc.) inserted, I don't have that yet, I got the "and last" function for decade, century and millenium working just the other day, so I figured it was time to release it, and I'm very pleased that it works perfectly! Paul Robinson (Rfc1394) ( talk) 13:42, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
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Add riiiiight here: === August === * [[August 6]] – ''[[Curiosity rover|Curiosity]]'', the [[Mars Science Laboratory]] mission's [[Mars rover|rover]], successfully lands on [[Mars]].<ref name=MarsScienceLaboratory>{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/13501-nasa-mars-rover-curiosity-atlas5-rocket.html |title=NASA's Next Mars Rover Hoisted Atop Rocket |publisher=Space.com |date= |accessdate=2011-11-04}}</ref> * [[August 8]] The map of the [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey]] is completed, creating the largest 3D map of the universe. * [[August 31]] **Researchers successfully perform the first implantation of an early prototype [[bionic eye]] with 24 [[electrodes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120831065003.htm |title=First implantation of prototype bionic eye with 24 electrodes: 'All of a sudden I could see a little flash of light' |publisher=Sciencedaily.com |date=2012-08-31 |accessdate=2012-11-29}}</ref> **[[Armenia]] [[Armenia – Hungary relations|severs diplomatic relations]] with [[Hungary]], following the extradition to [[Azerbaijan]] and subsequent pardoning of [[Ramil Safarov]], who was convicted of killing an Armenian soldier in Hungary in 2004. The move is also met with fierce criticism from other countries.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gorondi |first=Pablo |url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Azerbaijani+military+officer+serving+life+murder+Hungary+freed+when/7173300/story.html |title=Azerbaijani military officer serving life for murder in Hungary is freed when sent home |publisher=Montrealgazette.com |date=2012-08-31 |accessdate=2012-11-29}}</ref> 179.210.86.1 ( talk) 15:09, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
The extremely violent gang rape/murder of a medical student in New Delhi, India was a seminal event in 2012. This event and the coverage it received surely will do more to shake the idea that women should not be educated than any other in history. It was reported globally and the outcome, death by hanging for all the adult perpetrators was a victory for women's rights in India. It certainly was reported/read/commented on in Muslim countries of which there are very many. Unlike many events that happen but leave no trace, this event has certainly left a trace.
Was this just another murder/death, forgettable because they are so common? No, it was singularly notable for the brutality and circumstances, for its ability to cut through prejudice. If Rosa Parks' refusing to give up her seat on a bus is worthy of inclusion, the Delhi gang rape is because it has wider significance. This event was notable, should be remembered, and should be included among the notable events of 2012.
I can't edit the page myself but something like this will do:
A suitable newspaper article to cite is this one: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/11/world/asia/four-men-convicted-in-rape-case-that-transfixed-india.html. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.150.40.169 ( talk) 00:45, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Does the completion of the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world by Erden Eruç on 21 July 2012 meet the guidelines for inclusion in this article? Maybe he should be listed in the '2012 in sports' article instead?
His circumnavigation was reported in America, Australia, Europe (though he did not cross it), and probably Africa as he crossed that continent along the way. He set several ocean rowing world records including most continuous days at sea by a solo ocean rower (312), most experienced living ocean rower (876 days), longest distance rowed (nearly 29,000 nautical miles), first to row the Indian Ocean non-stop, and the first to row across 3 oceans, along with the first solo human-powered circumnavigation ( Jason Lewis completed the first individual human-powered circumnavigation as part of a changing team between 1994 and 2007).
Eruç is arguably the most successful and famous ocean rower to date; however, ocean rowing is certainly not a very popular sport for the masses and it may not even be known as a sport to most people.
In comparison to the example of Roger Bannister's record - see /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:RY#Sports_and_other_contests - it seems that Eruç's records are physically more impressive, more unique, difficult to break and not nearly as likely to be broken by so many people in as quick a time as was Bannister's (only 46 days later and officially lowered 18 times by 13 people over the last 60 years), nor will many people be able to afford the money, time and effort required to break Eruç's records, though there are probably a few people trying to do so right now. Still, he will always have the 'first' designations stated above.
Thanks for any response, be it a thumbs up or down. Brian W. Schaller ( talk) 05:52, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
The Britannica yearbook for 2012 is a reference source devoted to the subject of the year 2012, hence worthy of inclusion in this article. Please restore the twice-deleted link. Thanks. -- M2545 ( talk) 18:15, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
2012 has already come and gone. It's 2015 now, and this page is still protected. The end of the world hype that surrounded 2012 is gone now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Archanine ( talk • contribs) 17:36, 14 February 2015 (UTC)
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On october add "23 October The BBC's teletext service Ceefax ends after 38 years of transmission, due to the digital switchover in the UK. Gibboboy777 ( talk) 21:37, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
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I would like to include Robert B. Sherman on the "Deaths" list in "2012" and I was told by one of the editors that in order to do this I would have to gain consensus here, so that is what I'm endeavoring to do. Robert B. Sherman was the subject of two major film releases in recent years, both released by a major motion picture company ( Disney). One film was a 2009 documentary about him entitled The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story. The other was a 2013 major film release Saving Mr. Banks about the making of the 1964 movie, Mary Poppins (for which Robert B. Sherman won two Academy Awards). In Saving Mr. Banks, Robert Sherman was portrayed by the award winning actor: B. J. Novak. Along with his brother, Richard, Robert has written more film musical scores than any other songwriter. Two of his films, Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book were the biggest grossing films of their respective years, 1964 and 1967, respectively. According to Time.com, Sherman's song, " It's A Small World (After All)" was recognized as the "most performed song of all time". [1]. In 2008 he (along with his brother) became only the second musical theatre songwriters ever honored by the President of the United States with a National Medal of Arts award. His list of credits is also extremely well known having written the songs for Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and the list goes on. Thank you for considering this. Howard352 ( talk) 07:15, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
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Previous discussion (in Archive 4, referred to in Archive 5) was against inclusion. Consensus can change, and, there being no guidelines now, it might come down to a vote, in spite of WP:NOTVOTE, but it should not be included without discussion. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 21:35, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
See WT:YEARS#Eclipses for a matter relevant to this page. Arthur Rubin (alternate) ( talk) 23:09, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
It's impotant to add in Calendar section — Maya date (13.0.0.0.0)! Шао 666 ( talk) 08:46, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
My addition of Kony 2012 to the list has been removed by User:MrMimikyu1998 and User:Matt Campbell ( history) with no edit comment. Upon asking here, he claims having removed it due to being too little relevant.
Because I think otherwise, regarding it is the most viral documentary film until its time, making it a hallmark of 2012 in internet history, I am asking other people here what they think.
Regards, -- 84.147.35.234 ( talk) 14:46, 3 November 2020 (UTC)